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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Oct 1;130(5):1030–1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.07.049

Table I.

Primary Immune Deficiencies with warts as a major feature

PID Gene / protein mutated Inheritance Age at presentation of warts Types / Location of warts Other Infections Other clinical associations Immune phenotype

Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis EVER1 and 2 / epidermodysplasia verruciformis 1 and 2 AR
Reports of XL and AD
Infancy Flat – trunk, neck, extremities Verrucous – sun exposed areas Hypo /hyper pigmented lesions resembling pityriasis versicolor 30-70% lesions undergo malignant transformation
  • +/-low T cells

  • Low LPM

  • Cutaneous anergy


WHIM CXCR4 / chemokine receptor 4 AD Variable Flat, verrucous – extremities, trunk Verrucous - genital Pneumonia, Cellulitis, Sinusitis, UTI, Thrombophlebitis, Omphalitis, Osteomyelitis, Soft tissue abscesses, HSV, VZV
  • Low IgG and IgA

  • Normal IgM

  • Normal antibody responses

  • Neutropenia

  • Low B cells

    • Low CD27+ B cells

    • Low IgD+ and IgD-B cells

  • Low T cells

  • Low LPA/LPM

  • Cutaneous anergy


DOCK8 DOCK8 / DOCK8 AR Variable Flat, verrucous – trunk, face, extremities S. aureus skin abscesses, Pneumonia, Sinusitis, Soft tissue infections, HSV, MCV, VZV Eczema, Food allergies, Asthma, Lymphoreticular and squamous cell malignancies
  • High IgE

  • Low IgM

  • High or normal IgG

  • High or normal IgA

  • Eosinophilia

  • +/-Low T cells

  • Low B cells

  • Low NK cells

  • Variable antibody responses

  • Low LPA/LPM


ICL Unknown ? Late adolescence, adult Flat, verrucous – face, trunk, extremities Verrucous -genital Opportunistic infections – MAC, Cryptococcus, histoplasmosis, Mucocutaneous Candida, HSV, P. Jirovecii rare Autoimmune disease
  • CD4 <300

  • Low, normal, or high CD8+ T cells

  • Normal or low B and NK cells

  • Variable polysaccharide antibody response, Normal protein antibody response

  • Variable T cell function

Autoantibodies
Mucocutaneous
 Squamous cell cancer

GATA2 deficiency GATA2/GATA2 binding protein AD Late adolescence / adult Flat, verrucous – face, trunk, extremities, disseminated, genital NTM Myelodysplasia, leukemias, Malignancy Panniculitis Thromboembolic phenomena Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Lymphedema
  • Profound monocytopenia

  • Low B cells

  • Normal immunoglobulins

  • Normal antibody responses

  • Low NK cells

  • Variable T cell counts

  • Variable T cell function

MonoMAC Histoplasma
DCML Aspergillus
Emberger syndrome Cryptococcus
VZV
HSV

Netherton Syndrome SPINK5 / LEKTI AR Adolescence, adulthood Common, plane – extremities, trunk Verrucous -genital Cellulitis Bamboo hair
  • High IgE

  • Normal or high IgG

  • Low CD4+ T cells

  • Low LPM

  • High C3 and C4

Bacteremia Icthyosis
Cutaneous HSV Eczema
Food allergies
Asthma

STK4 Deficiency STK4 / STK4 or MST1 AR Unknown Cutaneous Cellulitis Autoimmunity
  • Low CD4+ T cells

    • Low CD45RA+ T cells

    • Low CD25+T cells

  • Normal CD8+ T cells

  • Mildly low B cells

    • Low IgD+IgM+CD27+ B cells

    • Low IgD-IgM-CD27+ B cells

    • High CD38+IgM+ B cells

  • Normal NK cells

  • Neutropenia

  • Absent LPM

  • Abnormal antibody responses

  • High IgG

  • High or normal IgA and IgE

Skin Abscesses EBV related malignancy
Pneumonia Structural heart disease
Sinusitis
HSV
VZV
MCV
EBV

AR, autosomal recessive; AD, autosomal dominant; XL, X-linked; LPM, lymphocyte proliferation to mitogen; WHIM, warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, myelokathexis; UTI, urinary tract infection; HSV, herpes simplex virus; VZV, varicella zoster virus; Ig –G, -A, -M, -E, -D, immunoglobulin –G, -A, -M, -E, -D; LPA, lymphocyte proliferation to antigen; DOCK8, dedicator of cytokinesis 8; MCV, molluscum cantagiosum virus; ICL, Idiopathic CD4 lymphopenia; MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex; MonoMAC, monocytopenia, M. avium complex infection; DCML, dendritic cell, monocyte, B cell and NK cell lymphopenia; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; SPINK5, serine protease inhibitor Kazal-type 5; LEKTI, lympho-epithelial Kazal-type related inhibitor; STK4, serine-threonine protein kinase 4; MST1, mammalian sterile 20-like protein; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.